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Juan Manuel
@limonta
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Passionate about music, sports, and politics.
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2022-06-18 04:32
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StemSocial
2026-08-01 17:41
Published via Ecency
Helping a Friend Save the Day with TestDisk [EN/ES]
Recovering years of research after an accidental disk format, using Linux, TestDisk, and patience.
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StemSocial
2026-07-29 22:29
Published via Ecency
A proactive cache system for my CACR tracker
I explore here the evolution of my Cuban Assets Control Regulations Tracker beyond its original purpose. The focus is now on a resilient caching architecture based on immutable historical snapshots.
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Deep Dives
2026-07-27 21:35
Published via Ecency
The Latin American Report: Why Did Cuba End Up Alone?
I have a theory to explain our extreme economic isolation from the outside world.
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Full Deportes
2026-07-26 23:10
Published via Ecency
Los White Sox están hablando en serio [ES/EN]
White Sox 12-3 Astros. Murakami (2 HR, 6 RBI) y Vargas lideran una gran jornada ofensiva en el Rate Field. Jeremy Peña sacudió dos jonrones por la visita.
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StemSocial
2026-07-26 05:08
Published via Ecency
Building a Better Way to Navigate the Cuban Assets Control Regulations
After four days of hard work, this code is finally ready to start serving the people.
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Music
2026-07-22 05:03
Published via Ecency
Three Tunes "Tuesday": Take Cover! [ES/EN]
Tres excelentes pistas de "Take Cover!", lo último de Alfredo Rodríguez Jr. / Three quite good tracks from Alfredo Rodríguez Jr.'s "Take Cover!" album.
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StemSocial
2026-07-21 04:32
Published via Ecency
Counterfactuals vs. Material Conditions: What Makes an Economic Model Scientifically Useful?
Should economic science model ideal scenarios, or respond to the concrete constraints shaping the present?
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StemSocial
2026-07-18 21:49
Published via Ecency
Finding Cuba-Related Records with the ForeignAssistance.gov API
I found records associated with Cuba that were reported under other countries, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Venezuela.
limonta
StemSocial
2026-07-16 16:51
Published via Ecency
I earned my PhD! [EN/ES]
After years of work, I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation this week.
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StemSocial
2026-06-30 02:48
Published via Ecency
A New, LLM-Assisted Pipeline to Back My Research
Building a Cuba-Related Grants.gov pipeline with Python to feed my research agenda
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StemSocial
2026-06-28 06:34
Published via Ecency
A Modular Python Pipeline to Track Specific Federal Apportionments — Part 2
The tale of an unintended second part.
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StemSocial
2026-06-24 22:04
Published via Ecency
A Technical Deep Dive into Budget Apportionment Tracking Using the OpenOMB API
Following the task of developing tools to feed a specific technoscientific workflow, making public data simpler to read for common users.
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StemSocial
2026-06-22 19:51
Published via Ecency
Building a Python app with Claude to query the USASpending.gov API
With Claude´s assistance, I built a Python tool to query USASpending.gov for Cuba-related contracts and grants. The API had some quirks —500 errors, pagination limits, and not-so-visible endpoints. Here's
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StemSocial
2026-06-21 01:30
Published via Ecency
What I Think About Cuba's Turn Toward a "Socialist" Market Economy
Cuban authorities have announced a sweeping economic plan that will substantially reconfigure society. Here is my reading of it.
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StemSocial
2026-06-19 19:26
Published via Ecency
Building a Browser-Based Contextual Awareness Tool for a Politically Sponsored Information Ecosystem
Building upon the technoscientific workflow for analyzing U.S.-funded, Cuba-bound information operations I introduced recently here.
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StemSocial
2026-06-17 19:00
Published via Ecency
A Technoscientific Workflow for Analyzing U.S.-funded, Cuba-bound Information Operations
A model for analyzing U.S.-funded cyberspace operations targeting Cuba while empowering users.
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Music
2026-06-16 21:09
Published via Ecency
Three Tunes Tuesday: X [ES/EN]
Les propongo escuchar tres pistas del nuevo álbum del influyente cantautor cubano X Alfonso / I selected three tunes from the new album of Cuban musician X Alfonso
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Deep Dives
2026-06-13 20:57
Published via Ecency
Wealth, Dynasty, and the Limits of Latin American Democracy
This edition of the Latin American Report confronts the question that matters for democracy.
limonta
StemSocial
2026-06-12 21:39
Published via Ecency
Economics as a STEM Discipline and Its (Blocked) Contribution to Cuba's Future
Do economics belong within the STEM tradition? What about its potential —or blocked— contribution to Cuba's future? I relate these apparently separate issues in this post.
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StemSocial
2026-06-11 22:47
Published via Ecency
A Critical Assessment of Social Cybersecurity as a Technoscientific Enterprise
Cybersecurity today goes beyond protecting systems—it’s about understanding and countering influence and disinformation shaping society. This post explores one approach to that challenge.
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